Australia's biggest phone company Telstra Corp is in advanced talks with a U.S. private equity firm over the sale of its Sensis directories business for as much as A$3 billion ($2.7 bln), writes Reuters. The Melbourne-based telco could complete the sale of its unit that publishes a range of print and online directories including the White Pages and the Yellow Pages to an unnamed U.S. firm as soon as next week, the Australian Financial Review reported.
2 min read · 13 January 2014
Swedish private equity firm EQT plans to list British food outlet operator SSP on the London Stock Exchange later this year, sources told Reuters.
1 min read · 10 January 2014
Jan 10 (Reuters) - Care.com, an online marketplace for family care services, is seeking to raise up to $86 million in an initial public offering, valuing the company at up to $475 million.
1 min read · 10 January 2014
Healogics Inc, a private equity-owned provider of wound care services, is exploring a sale that could value the company at close to $1 billion, sources told Reuters.
2 min read · 10 January 2014
Hellman & Friedman LLC is exploring a sale of Catalina Marketing Corp, which claims to have the world's largest shopper history database and could fetch as much as $2.5 billion, sources told Reuters.
2 min read · 10 January 2014
Jan 10 (Reuters) - The chief investment officer of California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), California's $282 billion pension fund for public employees, is taking leave to resume cancer treatment, a spokesman said.
1 min read · 10 January 2014
Private equity firm CVC Capital has agreed to invest over $200 million into China education company EIC Group, buying shares from its founder and rival private equity firm Actis Capital, sources told Reuters.
2 min read · 10 January 2014
Care.com Inc, an online marketplace for family care services, is seeking to raise up to $86 million in an initial public offering, valuing the company at up to $475 million, Reuters reported.
1 min read · 10 January 2014
Private equity group CVC Capital Partners has sold a 19.4 percent stake in Denmark's Matas for 1.18 billion Danish crowns ($216 million), the beauty retailer said on Friday.
1 min read · 10 January 2014
A senior official from Thailand's top energy firm, PTT Pcl, denied a media report on Thursday that the company was bidding for Royal Dutch Shell's Australian service stations, Reuters reported.
1 min read · 09 January 2014